The Texan Podcast

This week on The Texan’s “Weekly Roundup,” our team discusses the governor’s state of the state address, federal fundraising numbers, Texas House committee assignments, the governor’s comments on limiting his own emergency powers, developments with Planned Parenthood and Medicaid, a potential reinstatement of the homeless camping and lying ban in Austin, rare earth processing in Texas, human and drug smuggling across the Texas-Mexico border, and gun purchases continuing to spike.

This week on The Texan’s “Weekly Roundup,” our team discusses a special election for a Texas House seat, Beto O’Rourke eyeing a run for a statewide position, a conservative caucus outlining legislative priorities, the battle between state and local governments, Dallas distributing COVID-19 vaccines, the City of Austin purchasing a hotel to house the homeless, Texas blocking a deportation freeze from the Biden administration, and a bevy of legislative proposals from state lawmakers.

This week on The Texan’s “Weekly Roundup,” our team discusses executive orders from the Biden administration affecting Texas, public school revenues in the age of coronavirus, bonds issued by school districts, drama in Dallas over elections, fundraising numbers from the “Big Three,” the Alamo being referred to as a symbol of “whiteness,” a special election slotted for Saturday, confederate monuments attacked by a Texas House member, and a proposed grant for the “Walker, Texas Ranger” reboot.

On our Weekly Roundup podcast, the reporting team discusses the opening day of the 87th legislative session, rules changes in the chambers, and the election of a new Texas House speaker. They also cover updates to the Tinslee Lewis story, Trump’s visit to the border in Texas, public school dropout numbers, and a bill filed to address implicit bias in law enforcement. 

This week on The Texan’s “Weekly Roundup” our reporters discuss the insanity in DC surrounding the certification of the Electoral College votes, the coronavirus protocols of the opening days of the 87th legislative session, new bill proposals relating to emergency powers, big knives, and annual legislative sessions, news in North Texas about COVID-19 vaccine distribution and the retirement of a mayor, and an impending special election.

This week on a special edition of The Texan’s podcast: our reporters discuss the top stories of 2020, including state and local government’s response to the coronavirus, the fight over mail-in ballots, and the 2020 general election.

Railroad Commissioner-elect Jim Wright joined The Texan’s reporter Brad Johnson to discuss his campaign, Texas’ energy sector, and his coming job on the regulatory board. In the interview, the political upstart Wright explains what the Railroad Commission does and details his plan for serving on the body.

This week on The Texan’s “Weekly Roundup,” the reporters discuss the arrest of a former Houston police officer after his assault of a man he believed to be transporting illegal ballots, the City of Houston implementing a plan to eliminate traffic deaths, the Texas electoral college making Trump’s win in the state official, the Texas Education Agency making changes relating to testing and school district ratings, Austin City Council election results, and Texas A&M mandating COVID-19 testing.

This week on The Texan’s “Weekly Roundup,” the reporters discuss a proposal for Texas to secede from the US, a lawsuit filed by the attorney general over the presidential election, details given from state officials about the coronavirus vaccine rollout, a trip taken by the Austin mayor violating his own COVID-19 recommendations, a bill filed to ban taxpayer-funded lobbying, the lieutenant governor’s proposed new Senate rules, and the legislative budget board setting a spending increase cap.

This week on The Texan’s “Weekly Roundup,” the reporting team discusses an initial batch of COVID-19 vaccine doses coming to Texas, state data that shows a record number of students leaving public schools in favor of homeschooling, a gubernatorial endorsement in a special election, the formation of another ‘Sanctuary City for the Unborn,’ the Supreme Court's hearing on census data in light of illegal immigration, and gun sales continuing to sky rocket.

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